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Bryan Chen

3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CHEN26

Bryan Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Cubing in the Ocean County 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,911th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since April 2022, he has put 801 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.49 in April 2022 to 8.28, a 61% improvement. Bryan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time
8.28
signature single · Cubing in the Ocean County 2025
801
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.2810.52
top 3.3%1,911 / 60,666
Pyraminx3.465.48
top 5.3%1,403 / 29,168
4×437.6244.56
top 9.5%1,429 / 19,354
2×22.623.68
top 10.2%4,059 / 41,674
Square-113.1921.57
top 12.4%867 / 6,846
Clock7.399.20
top 12.5%983 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed17.2722.76
top 13.3%1,737 / 15,900
Skewb4.356.42
top 13.4%2,104 / 19,164
5×51:23.711:27.15
top 22.3%1,746 / 9,537
Megaminx1:24.261:31.56
top 24.6%1,732 / 8,026

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Empire State Spring 2022: 21.49Westport Summer 2022: 18.60Pretzel Mania 2022: 13.45New York New Year 2023: 13.34Pretzel Mania 2023: 12.27South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 13.35North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023: 11.71CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.49Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 12.22Princeton Fall 2023: 12.72PBs in Palisades 2024: 10.43Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.97Saratoga Silent Springs 2024: 9.86Hudson Valley Summer 2024: 9.22New New York New Year 2024: 10.11PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 9.97American Dream NJ 2025: 9.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.68Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 8.28Brookhaven Summer 2025: 8.63Westport Fall 2025: 8.34Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 9.84PBs in Palisades Spring 2026: 9.72Hudson Valley Spring 2026: 9.14Liberty Science Center Fall A 2026: 9.948.2821.4930 Apr 202212 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.